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1) Rook mazes for beginners. After Dr. Root gave a sample maze on the demonstration board, students set up a mazes for each other then captured each chessman in the maze with a rook. From Science, Math, Checkmate: 32 Chess Activities for Inquiry and Problem Solving.

2) Two-rook checkmate for intermediates. This lesson plan is in Children and Chess: A Guide for Educators. Tested to make sure children learned this checkmate. About half were tested and the rest can be tested next week.

3) En passant rule and set up a "White to move and en passant for checkmate" position for advanced group. This “Create a Checkmate” lesson plan is from Science, Math, Checkmate: 32 Chess Activities for Inquiry and Problem Solving.